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Fourteen
Logansport,
Indiana,
Pharos-Tribune
LITTLE
ROCK
Find
Campaign
to
Drive
Negroes
Out
of
School
LITTLE
ROCK,
Ark.
(UP)—An
outsider,
strolling
through
the
quiet
corridors
o£
Central
High
School
while
classes
are
in
session,
finds
it
difficult
to
understand
why
troops
are
still
needed
to
guard
the
nine
Negro
children
enrolled
in
the
school
by
Federal
Court
order.
But
when
you
talk
to
the
white
and
Negro
students
and
their
parents,
to
school
authorities
and
military
officials,
you
learn
that
Central
High
is
not
as
peaceable
as
it
looks.
A
relentless
campaign
is
being
conducted
inside
the
school
to
make
life
so
miserable
for
the
Negro
students
that
they
will
abandon
the
attempt
at
integration
and
"voluntarily"
return
to
Little
.Rock's
all-Negro
high
school.
School
gossip
holds
that
this
campaign
is
well-organized,
and
that
its
leaders
are
a
group
of
"very
tough
.kids"
who
wear
a
sort
of
uniform
composed
of
tight
blue
jeans
and
black
leather
jackets.
These
"Black
Jacket
Boys"
are
said
to
have
"taken
an
oath"
to
"get"
the
Negroes.
Authorities
question
the
existence
of
such
a
gang.
But
they
acknowledge
that
there
are
about
200
white
students—roughly
10
per
cent
of
the
student
body
—
who
seem
determined
to
make
as
much
trouble
for
the
Negroes
as
they
can
get
away
with.
Most
of
them
are
from
the
youngest
age
bracket—15
and
16
years
old
—
and
are
from
predominantly
lower
income
families.
Many
have
parents
who
are
actively
identified
with
segregationist
organizations.
Two
Recent
Incidents
The
majority
of
the
white
s-tu
dents
either
ignore
the
Negro
students
altogether,
'or
treat
,'.iem
with
a
sort
of
detached
civility.
A
few
white
students
have
gone
out
of
their
way
to
make
friendly
gestures,
such
as
sitting
with
a
Negro
student
in
the
cafeteria.
But
they
have
paid
a
high
price
for
these
gestures,
in
the
form
of
ostracism
and
threats
from
teenage
segregationists.
Both
white
and
Negro
students
to
be
very
discreet
about
any
open
displays
of
good
will
toward
the
Negroes.
There
has
been
only
one
serious
incident
of
physical
violence
in
recent
weeks.
A
Negro
boy,
Jefferson
Thomas,
was
knocked
down
by
a
white
boy
in
a
corridor.
The
latest
incident
involved
a
Negro
girl
who
was
suspended
for
three
days
for
heaving
a
bowl
of
chili
at
a
white
toy
in
the
school
cafeteria.
The
bowl
hit
one
boy
directly
and
spattered
a
second.
Another
version
was
that
the
girl
had
been
jostled
and
spilled
the
chili
accidentally.
Negro
students
say—and
white
students
confirm—that
most
of
the
day-to-day
heckling
is
of
a
less
obvious
type:
A
kick
in
the
shins
while
passing
a
desk...
an
elbow
in
the
ribs
coming
out
of
assembly
.
..
the
"silent
treatment"
in
home
room
...
a
wet
towel
barrage
in
a
steamy
shower
room
...
a
dead
fly
tossed
onto
a
lunch
tray...
a
hastily
displayed
pocket
knife
and
a'muttered
warning
to
'remember
the
Till
boy."
The
Conflicting
Pressures
Some
Negro
leaders
charge
that
school,
authorities
invite
hoodlum
acts
by
failing
to
enforce
strict
discipline.
School
officials
deny
any
laxity
in
discipline.
They
point
out
that
it
is
almost
impossible,
even
with
troops
in
the
building,
to
detect
every
jostle
that
may
take
place
in
a
building
which
has
miles
of
corridors
and
2,000
students
flowing
through
them.
White
moderates
believe
that
school
officials
are
doing
the
best
they
can
in
a
very
difficult
situation.
They
credit
Superintendent
of
Schools
Virgil
T.
Blossom
with
great
courage
and
fair-mindedness
in
coping
with
conflicting
pressures
from
Negro
leaders
who
demand
sterner
disciplinary
measures
and
from
segregation
groups
who
lodge
angry
protests
each
time
a
white
child
is
punished.
School
officials
refuse
to
give
out
specific
information
on
the
number
of
children
disciplined,
or
the
nature
of
their
punishment.
But
it'is
an
open
secret
in
Little
Rock
that
about
130
white
youths
lave
been
suspended
from
school
'or
periods
ranging
from
two
days
up,
and
a
few
have
been
expelled.
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1—Pronoun
4—
Birds
of
rail
family
9—Drink
slowly
12—Kiitivo
rr.otal
13—Asanult
14—Macaw
35—Gossip
17—Golf
club
19—Make
laco
20—Underground
worker
21—Warning
dovlc.
113—Concealed
1M—Diplomacy
27—Compass
point
23—Grow
29—Pond
desires
30—Conjunction
31—Fall
behind
32—Emerged
victorious
33—Sun
god
31—Capital
o£
Tunisia
3
li—Cravat
37—
WoiRht
of
India
3S—.Tur.cturo
I!9—Temporary
bed
40—Army
meal
41—Indian
tent
43—Pale
4-1—Tarried
4G—Analyzes,
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sentence
49—Bo
mistaken
50—Kan
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B2—Cloth
measure
53—Command
to
horse
54—-Togs
55—Period
of
tlmo
DOWN
1—Torrid
2—Man's
name
3—Confirm
4—YounK
horse
Kewanna
The
Kewanna
Business
Men's
club
entertained
their
wives
at
a
Christmas
party
and
turkey
dinner
Tuesday
in
the
Methodist
church
annex.
Thomas
Carter
has
accepted
the
job
as
night
watchman
in
Kevvan-
puir.
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United
mtuft
Syndic!
5—Number
6—Bone
7—Warm
8—Stupefy
»—PotLy
ruler
10—Anffer
11—Etiuallty
1C—Hindu
cymbal*
18—Division
of
Sioux
tribei
20—Mir.ijlo
21—Whips
22—Follow
23—Ugly,
old
womaji
25—Covers
with
wax
26—Former
Russian
rulers
28—Existed
2!)—Garden
tool
31—Citrus
fruit
<pl.)
32—Humorist
(colloq.)
35—Fundamental
charactpr
30—Perla!
digit
37—Felt
JI9—Evergreen
tree
40—Deface
42—Saucy
43—Small
lumpi
41—Wooden
pin
46—Exist
46—Fondle
4T—
Guirlo's
high
note
48—Crafty
61—Proceed
and
family
and
Mr.
and
'Mrs.
Arnold
Adams
and
daughter
of
Kewanna.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Charley
Overmyer
Spent
Sunday
in
Lakeville
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Roy
Murdick
and
family.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Lee
Adams
and
Mrs.
Emma
Reynolds
of
Potomac,
111.
came
this
week
to
spend
the
rest
of
the
winter
with
Mrs.
Adams'
daughter,
Mrs.
Lelia
Tomlinson;
The
Welcome
Neighbors
Home
Demonstration
club
met
Thurs-
The
Kewanna
Baptist
church
will
day
in
the
home
of
Mrs.
Carl
present
the
cantata,
"Memories
of|Kreamer
for
their
annual
carry-in
the
Manger"
at
7
p.m.
next
Sun-!
dinner
and
Christmas
party,
day.
Miss
Alice
Mae
Anderson
is
The
Jesse
Stamm
farm,
near
director.
Lake
Bruce,
has
been
sold
to
Mr.
at
TIMBERLAKE'S
MAKES
REMEMBERING
EASY
.
.
.
THE
1958
DATE
BOOK
A
handy
reference
for
daily
appointments
and
special
occasions.
Just
ask
for
your
Hallmark
Date
Book
next
time
you
visit
us
...
It's
our
gift
to
you.
See
Hallmark
Beautiful
Christmas
Note
Papers
59c
and
$1.00
Also
Eaton's
Beautiful
Boxed
Stationery
$1.00
to
$3.00
Hundreds
of
Boxes
of
Eaton's
and
Hallmark
Note
Paper
and
Stationery
to
Choose
From.
Timberlake's
Gift
Shop
with
their
two
children.
Dr.
L.
E.
Kelsey
left
Saturday
j
and
Mrs.
Earl
Bangel
of
Indiana-
tor
Pheonix
Ariz,
to
spend
thejpolis,
who
have
now
moved
here
winter
with
his
wife
and
family
-...-,.,___
in
their
new
home.
The
Kelsey's
son,
Dennis,
fell
from
a
tree
recently
and
broke
both
arms.
Mrs.
Arlie
Russell
has
gone
to
New
York
city
to
spend
the
Christmas
holidays
with
her
son,
James
Russel!.
Kev.
and
Mrs.
Harry
Taylor
and
two
sons
moved
Wednesday
from
New
Augusta
to
the
Baptist
parsonage
in
Kewanna.
He
is
the
new
pastor
there.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Eral
Mills
left
this
week
for
Florida
to
spend
the
holiday
with
his
brother,
Russell
Mills,
and
Mrs.
Mills.
Miss
Lillian
Bach,
a
missionary
returned
from
Nigeria,
Africa,
was
a
guest
Saturday
here
in
the
home
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Charley
Overmyer.
Other
dinner
guests
Saturday
evening
at
the
Overmyer
home
were
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Harvey
Wolfe.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Art
Anderson
and
daughters
were
dinner
guests
Sunday
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Herman
Me-
Colley
and
family.
Mrs.
Floy
Leap
and
daughters
Eva
and
Treva
entertained
at
a
birthday
dinner
Sunday
for
Mrs.
Jesse
Sims
of
Culver.
Other
guests
were
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Manson
Leap
TERMITES
SPOIL
HOLIDAY
HOLLYWOOD
('UP)
—
Actress
Peggy
Webber,
her
husband
and
their
two
small
children
will
spend
Christmas
in
a
motel.
They
sold
their
house
several
days
ago
and
were
ready
to
move
into
another
home
when
it
was
found
termites
had
moved
in
first.
They
couldn't
move
back
to
their
old
house,
and
the
deal
on
the
second
one
has
been
cancelled.
"And
we're
not
going
to
find
another
house
on
such
short
notice,"
she
said.
FIVE
SUICIDE
TIUES
FAYETTEVHJLE,
N.C.
OOP)—
Robert
L.
Graham,
22-year-old
soldier,
was
held
by
Army
authorities
today
in
connection
with
five
alleged
attempts
at
suicide
be
cause
he
said
his
wife
"doesn't
love
me
any
more."
Fayetteville
police
said
Graham,
stationed
al
Ft.
Knox,
Ky.,
drank
kerosene
tried
to
drown
himself
twice,
attempted
to
hang
himself
and
tried
to
break
his
neck
between
eel'
bars.
CLOTHING
CATCHES
FIRE
FORT
WAYNE
('UP)
—
Mrs,
Nellie
Fall,
79,
burned
to
death
late
Tuesday
when
her
e'.othin;
caught
fire
as
she
tended
a
coa
furnace
in
the
basement
of
her
home
Mrs.
Fall
tried
to
extinguish
the
flames
with
water
but
failed
She
ran
out
of
the
house
and
col
lapsed
on
the
lawn
with
third
degree
burns.
The
Perfect
Christmas
Gift
TEAZEL'S
513
E.
Broadway
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the
Classified
Ads
Thursday
Evening,
December
19,
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Logansport
Chapter
Annual
Christmas
Party
will
be
held
at
the
National
Guard
Armory,
Logansport,
Indiana
FRIDAY,
DEC.
20
CHILDRENS
PARTY
AT
4:30
PM
ENTERTAINMENT
AND
TREATS
ADULTS
PARTY
AT
7:30
PM
Entertainment,
Refreshments,
Turkey
Drawing,
and
Dancing
.
COME
ONE
COME
ALL
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karat
black
onyx
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karat
gold
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for
the
man
Interested
in
Ma*onry.
If
he
i»
active
In
fraternal
affair*,
a
memento
symbolic
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hi*
association
will
be
a
source
of
pride
to
him.
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include
Federal
tax
Charge
or
budget
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Christmas
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